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Boston Scientific Corp., Natick, Mass., said it reached a $275 million, all-cash deal to acquire C.R. Bard's electrophysiology business, based in Lowell, Mass.
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The future is unclear for a promising heart device aimed at preventing strokes in people at high risk of them because of an irregular heartbeat.
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Boston Scientific is cutting up to 1,000 more jobs as it deals with a new medical device tax from the U.S. health care overhaul, limited growth prospects in certain markets and pressure to cut prices on its products in other countries.
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Mike Duggan, CEO of Detroit Medical Center, announced that he will step down from the for-profit health system to pave the way for a possible run for mayor of Detroit, Modern Healthcare sister publication Crain's Detroit Business reported. Joe Mullany, currently DMC president, will...
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Boston Scientific said it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Vessix Vascular, a Laguna Hills, Calif.-based company that developed a catheter-based renal denervation system to treat uncontrolled hypertension.
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Michael Mahoney has assumed the role of president and CEO of Natick, Mass.-based medical device company Boston Scientific Corp., effective Nov. 1.
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(This story has been updated with a correction.)Boston Scientific Corp. is betting that its newly approved subcutaneous implantable heart defibrillator will not only serve as a less invasive alternative, but also will reduce the need for costly follow-up procedures.
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Medical devicemaker Boston Scientific Corp. said it would buy privately held heart devicemaker BridgePoint Medical to gain access to its product that restores blood flow in blocked coronary arteries.
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Boston Scientific Corp. is preparing another round of job cuts and planning to break up its biggest business, cardiac devices, reversing some of the restructuring put in place by former CEO Raymond Elliott.
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Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, named William McConnell as senior vice president and CIO, according to a news release.
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